Introduction
In the kingdom of Earlshide, Merlin Wolford was once regarded as a national hero, hailed for both his power and achievements. Preferring a quiet life however, he secludes himself deep in the rural woods, dedicating his time to raising an orphan that he saved. This orphan is Shin, a normal salaryman in modern-day Japan who was reincarnated into Merlin's world while still retaining his past memories. As the years pass, Shin displays unparalleled talent in both magic casting and martial arts, much to Merlin's constant amazement.
On his 15th birthday, however, it becomes apparent that Shin only developed his combat skills and nothing else, leaving him with blatant social awkwardness, a lack of common sense, and a middling sense of responsibility. As a result, Shin enrolls in the kingdom's Magic Academy to hone his skills and mature among other teenagers. However, living a normal life is impossible, as he is established as a local celebrity almost as soon as he arrives.
As Shin Wolford adjusts to his high school life in the capital, he makes new friends, learns about the world, and fights off the various forces of evil surrounding him and his city.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Audience reviews
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BabyGirl31
Please Bring a second season to this show. It just ended like there should be a sequel. I love this show and would like to know what happens next!!! I would definitely recommend this show to anyone who likes this type of anime. It is unique in its own way but i don't know if it is predictable, i did enjoy it all the way to the end. All the characters were well-rounded. I don't know what that really means. They were all very funny. I do hope that people will like this show. Please watch and enjoy this funny anime.
Read at the sourceRebelPanda
“The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.”
God, I’m tired.
I’m tired of all the carbon-copied isekai light novel adaptations like Kenja no Mago, but Japan keeps pumping them out because it’s what makes money.
I’m tired of the same ubiquitous ‘isekai truck’ killing some random asshole before he even gets a single character trait, all for the sake of reincarnating him in an otaku power-fantasy wet dream.
I’m tired of narcissistic overpowered protagonists, lacking any personality, only existing to be praised and loved by every cardboard cutout character in the show.
I’m tired of 12-year old level writing quality; the story jumps from a violent nation-wide demon attack, then magic-school comedy, then two fanservice episodes back to back!…
Read at the sourceMeanEYE
This show had so much potential. Sadly for us, the viewers, authors of this anime were high on summer shoe fumes when they wrote the script. Premise is not bad at all and main character being stupidly overpowered doesn't necessarily mean a bad show, just look at One Punch Man.
However they messed up every single character to insurmountable degree. Everyone is constantly buys ooo-ing and wow-ing our protagonist that they are lack time to use their brains for a moment. Grandson is no better either. One moment he'll get lectured not to show off as that could cause international scandal, very next moment he goes and does it.
In short, it needed so little to be good and it ended up being so bad because of fan service basically. Should you watch it? Yeah if you like dumb fun and have nothing e…
Read at the sourcepfguo87
LIKE: I like the concept of having ability to die in one world and be reborn in another with memory in tack, thus giving an advantage
DISLIKE: I like how the MC has knowledge of science he learned here on earth and use it to enhance his magic in the new world, but I DISLIKE how MC seems to forget how to handle certain social situations. (MC was a grown up, young adult, lets say 25 years old on earth, plus 15 years in new world) MC has 40 years of living experience yet he still acts like a kid that is only 15 years old...
Read at the sourcerastauncrn
Overall 8/10
There’s a lot of undeserved shitting on this anime gets; we’ll go over this as the review continues.
Story 7/10
Nothing special here, generic isekai beginning, not anything super crazy. There are moments of seriousness, but they are rare, and it could not be noted for its extreme creativity.
Art 7/10
Nothing crazy here either, there are moments when the animation definitely lacks, but there are some cool details in other areas that even it out a little.
Sound 8/10
The OP was not good whatsoever, copy and paste Japanese idol culture, meaningless song meant for mindless enjoyment. The second song was actually pretty good to me, the lyrics were lacking, and the 3D performance of the virtual idol in the sixth episode was terrible, but I don’t think either of these things were r…
Read at the source1nvader
I see everyone is trashing this one real hard, but tbh its only fault is that it came late to the isekai party. Yes, it's rather run of the mill and "safe", but that doesn't make it bad. It's still very much enjoyable. Objectively speaking, the only area where it's truly lacking is the animation. At times it's very easy to tell that this one didn't get a big budget.
Without spoiling much, a former chemistry/physics professor becomes an archmage in a world where magic mostly abides the rule of physics - this right here is the key part which makes it somewhat captivating. It's just a shame it doesn't dive deep enough into science for all the spells.
Read at the sourceSonzi
was reading the reviews about smartphone saying its a copy of wise man even tho wise man came out this year and smartphone came out like 6 yrs ago oh and on top of that they are 2 different unfinished anime that are criticized by people who dont know what a author does......... writes what they want there story to be? easy now stop writing crappy reviews when you all have it in you favorites like annoying to read complaints because it didn't satisfy the ending you wanted ugh disgusting both wise man and smartphone best isekai ive probably watched to date. Read some more and people still talk shit about isekai because its not there genre like im checking accounts and like hero academy, clannad and fate like non of those are closely even related to isekai why would you watch something thats…
Read at the sourceDeadrocks
(Mostly Spoiler-Free Review)
Yeah, I'm giving this a decent rating. I’m really not sure why people don’t like it much. I mean, perhaps there are better, more interesting isekais out there, but if you let this one sit by itself, it’s a pretty darn enjoyable series.
Why is it enjoyable? It doesn’t take itself to seriously, it flows like a slice-of-life, and the character chemistry is enjoyable and it’s easy to watch.
Are there issues? Sure. Him being from Earth originally isn’t really mentioned later on in the story. They kind of glaze over this part, but in the beginning of the first episode we see that he's a scientist or just some other very intelligent dude. Because of his intellect and the fact that he lived on Earth is what has given him a greater understanding of magic, and there…
Read at the sourceragiolow
“Never Half-Ass Two Things Whole-Ass One Thing “-Ron Swanson
Kenja no Mago is an isekai anime where the world revolves around magic. First off, this anime is really bad and everything in this anime is bad. From the story, characters and animation you could tell the studio half-ass produced it. This anime is really terrible to the point where it is as if the studio produced it just so that it can attract a large audience as it is an isekai anime (which paid off as it is currently the 4th most watched in MAL) and mainly to get easy money. Just because the ‘isekai genre’ is so popular and has produce many above average/good and popular anime such as re:zero, slime, shield hero and etc does not mean studios can have the excUse to produce shitty anime just because it has a main character being…
Read at the sourceWowowowwow
This Show Goes Even Further Beyond your understanding of the word "Bad", it's just absolutely pathetic how generic and flat this show is.
One of the most iconic moments i've had watching anime so far is me cringing over the Main character cuz he was cringing over the fodder characters for naming their magic abilities, as if the author has never seen an anime or read a manga before, it's just the norm at this point and he decides to have the mc cringe at that, horrible comedy.
So Story is basically your average truck-kun victim that turns into a deity in the new world he gets transported to, really doesn't get anymore isekai than that, the "Main Character" Ironically, has no character, he only really exists so other characters can praise him , supposedly so u can feel like he's "badass"…
Read at the sourcekuraikei
Just to start this off, I, no matter how many I watch, truly enjoy isekai anime. Additionally, I watched the first 4 episodes of Kenja no Mago and then put it on hold. I thought it was kinda boring and cliche, but yesterday I told myself I was gonna finish it and I am glad I did. Kenja no Mago is not the best isekai, but still enjoyable for someone interested in the genre or just looking for something kinda fun with bits of seriousness sprinkled in every few episodes.
The story is similar, if not almost identical, to many isekai anime. Guy dies and is reincarnated in another world where he is super super powerful and has to save the world. However, the characters and their quirky personalities make the anime stand out a little bit. The art style and animation are very nice and easy to fo…
Read at the sourceJiangHaoyi1979
As one reviewer says that this was tiring, well, he was very much right, cu'z this was just too much of the usual as any isekai themed anime except of Tate no Yuusha, like the usual, we have a guy with a previous life from his world and upon death he gets reborn to another world and becomes this very all to mighty magician who grew up to a family of well known magic users and was train under their supervision and not only that the main character Shin Walford was also trained by various other nobles that the main character's step parents knew and from there the guys goes to school and starts to show off that attracted too many attention from there he begins to have some sort of following where he forms the Ultimate Magician....... But ya know what makes this anime a let down was that after…
Read at the sourceanodasin
I'm gonna write a review as human as possible. I won't make any arguments just opinion.
Story 7/10: Is my score too high? I can understand that there are so many cliche and predictable event. The story is simple yet enjoyable. One person died then being reincarnated in another world as a baby who grow up to be such a talented and strong Majo. It was pretty basic and straight story yet enjoyable, nothing complicated. If I am being reincarnated to another world, this is my basic ideal story.
Art & Sound 7/10: I have no problem.
Character 7/10: Maybe I'll explain why I kinda like of this anime character;
1. MC doesn't give any shit. You are strong then you can fight the stronger enemy, you love a woman then confess (no need for too much drama, go straight is not bad).
2. All the side chara…
Read at the sourceBlutopfer_
This isekai is so awesome at all thing. You will know is wasting your time to watch this perfect isekai
1. Story: Isekai main character strong af just dont care ( or remember anything ) about earth and protect the other earth with his friend ? 10/10
2. Art: Boobs with no physic. 20 years ago art style 10/10
3. Sound: they have? but idc. 10/10
4. Characters: The more power he have, the more retard his friends are. Boring conversation.All characters are stupid . But MC is strong so 10/10
5. Enjoyment: I can watch this and sleep at the same time still know what is going in that episode 10/10
Overall: 10+10+10+10 + 10 = 1
Read at the sourceKairuSilvermaine
Oh no! Another isekai harem show that does not bring anything new to the table and is just lost in the sea of all the other isekai harem shows that the industry is already pumping out! That was definitely what I was thinking when I saw the genre, poster, and synopsis. But this anime proved itself otherwise. Do not come into this anime expecting for a complex plot with heavily fleshed out characters. This show was designed to fool you into thinking that it follows the usual anime tropes but suddenly it pulls out something totally unconventional. It's not exactly a parody of the isekai genre, to me it's better than that. This is a show that initially pokes fun at the very overpowered MC showing it's prowess at comedy but suddenly dives into romance, drama, and action at such an incredible pa…
Read at the sourceTakaCode
The Isekai genre has a problem.
It's a problem that has been going on ever since 2016 with the release of Konosuba and Re:Zero. It is also a problem that more often or not ruins the industry image from outsiders as many people from other mediums would say that the anime medium is vapid shit that has no substance base on the self insert/waifu pandering that were shown by various Isekai anime.
Wise Man's Grandchild is the embodiment of this as it's not only a horrendously made anime that is void of passion and creativity it also shamelessly represents everything that is wrong with this genre.
The plot centres around a self insert Gary Sue named Shin Walford who is reincarnated as a baby in a fantasy world after getting ran over and killed by truck kun in his previous life. He is soon adop…
Read at the sourcexanozen
Utter garbage. Watching this was fucking painful. Terrible in almost every single way, I have to wonder why I didn’t have the heart to drop it. I should have known it wouldn’t get any better and yet I kept putting myself through this torture.
Characters - Oh, the tropes! They’re everywhere. It’s completely mind boggling how little substance each character has. The villain had more personality than any of them combined.
Plot - Not memorable (I literally had to refresh my memory every time a new episode came around because there was such little lasting impact in every episode)
Art and Animation - They put more effort into animating Sicily’s boobs than literally anything else in the show
The action is forgettable, and there are no parameters for anyone’s power potential or anything, the cha…
Read at the sourceStark700
If a 5 year old asked me to explain what “Kenja no Mago” is, I can easily sum it as “isekai trash”. They may not understand the term ‘isekai’ at first, but they know what trash is. It’s a shame for me to say this because Kenja no Mago could have been an actual hit, something special even. What it ended up instead is garbage that I doubt even a 5 year old can enjoy.
Without jumping too far ahead, the isekai genre often consists of several ways to set up for is main story. The protagonist usually gets transported to an alternate world. In some cases, they meet their tragic deaths at the hands of Truck-kun. They gain some sort of RPG-like power by some mysterious entity. From there on, the protagonist lives in their new lifestyle while making new friends, enemies, lovers, etc. Oh and before…
Read at the sourceMythologically
After being killed for no reason whatsoever, an average salary-man is reincarnated into a fantasy world. Upon his reincarnation, he meets one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Entering a familial relationship with this being, the protagonist becomes extremely overpowered. Following this, every character who knows about the MC's awesomeness does little but talk about how awesome he is. All the while, we have an insanely bland cast of side characters and really generic art, with barely any overarching plot.
Some dude from an insanely influential family enrolls in a magic high school. Turns out, this dude is the most overpowered creature in the universe. Not only is he so overpowered that he can create whole new types of magic and magic gear (did i mention that he is completely in…
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Get rekted by an oncoming vehicle? Green swimwear? Or hair style? What does that have to do with all this? Using pearls of wisdom like that is effective for deceiving readers? Giving one value isn't that a little excessive?
Shin was killed by a vehicle and a victim, at that time he experienced an unexpected event. Just before his death he woke up from his sleep and repeated a life from the beginning. Need to add more synopsis? Of course not. Come on, this is just a silly worksheet and what do you expect from this blank worksheet? Every season even every year they are not bored making the same theme. Is the anime industry on the rise to the point of making the same masterpiece repeatedly? Of course I'm not not. Forget about that, if from my point of view to be honest this is still far from…
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